“Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.”

--Alexis de Tocqueville

About 150 years ago, the great thinker Alexis de Tocqueville warned us about the errant pursuit of equality and its negative consequences. As the idea of equality of outcome rather than simple equality of opportunity gains popularity in the halls of Congress, I fear that freedom will be the ultimate casualty.

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Sincerely,

Doug Fabian

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